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India’s Adani Group, whose billionaire chairman has been indicted for fraud by US prosecutors, is facing accusations of racism at its Australian coal unit after an Aboriginal group filed a complaint with the country’s Human Rights Commission. The Nagana Yarrbayn Wangan & Jagalingou Cultural Custodians in Queensland state said it filed a complaint alleging serious racial discrimination by the unit, Bravus Mining and Resources, earlier this week. The complaint details how Adani employees sought to “verbally and physically obstruct and prevent” members of the Aboriginal group from accessing springs near Adani’s Carmichael coal mine “in order to perform cultural rites and share cultural knowledge”, the group said in a statement. “We have endured years of discrimination and vilification from Adani, and we’re not putting up with this anymore,” Nagana Yarrbayn Senior Cultural Custodian, Adrian Burragubba said in the statement. “Adani has been on notice about their conduct since our lawyers sent a concerns notice last year, and they refused to take action. Legal recourse is the only answer,” he added. A Bravus spokesperson “wholly rejected” the group’s allegations, saying it was an attempt to stop Bravus from telling its side of the story and “sharing facts with the public about our interactions with him and members of his ‘Family Council’.” It said the mine had been operating safely and responsibly in line with Queensland and Australian law and in partnership with the majority Traditional Owner group for the mining area under the terms of ratified Indigenous Land Use Agreements and Cultural Heritage Management Plans for more than two years. It has not received any notification from the Australian Human Rights Commission of a complaint, it added. A spokesperson said the Commission was unable to confirm if a complaint has been received until it had been publicly acknowledged by both the complainant and the respondent. The Aboriginal group said it was seeking compensation, an apology, the removal of offending social media, a retraction of media statements, and anti-racism and cultural awareness training for Adani’s directors, managers and employees. The Carmichael coal mine battled a seven-year campaign from climate activists and some Aboriginal groups before shipping its first cargo in December 2021. Adani Group companies’ shares fell for a second straight day on Friday after US prosecutors charged chairman Gautam Adani in an alleged bribery and fraud scheme. (By Melanie Burton; Editing by Lincoln Feast)
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Tony Buzbee , the lawyer representing over 120 alleged victims of Sean "Diddy" Combs , denies a claim from Jay-Z's lawyer that his firm pressured a woman to lie about being assaulted by the rappers. In a court filing Tuesday, Jay-Z's lawyer, Alex Spiro , said his law office received a call from a woman on December 9 who had previously reached out to the Buzbee Law Firm with allegations of trafficking and abuse but unrelated to Combs or Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn Carter. The woman allegedly described her experiences to an attorney at Buzbee's firm, who then asked her, "At what point did you meet Diddy?" even though her case did not involve him. Still, Spiro wrote, Buzbee's firm allegedly encouraged her to pursue a civil case against Combs. When she expressed interest in bringing her allegations to law enforcement, she said members of Buzbee's firm allegedly told her that reporting her experiences to law enforcement was "not encouraged." Compounding her frustration, the woman alleged that after weeks of unresponsiveness from the firm—during which she repeatedly attempted to follow up—a representative finally contacted her but allegedly pressed her to confirm false details about her case. She claimed the firm directed her to say she had been drugged, physically restrained, and assaulted, even though these elements were not part of her experience. Feeling pressured to lie, she refused to comply. When she made it clear that she would only share her unaltered truth and was unwilling to conform to the narrative the firm seemed to want, the woman said she was dropped as a client. According to her, she felt dismissed once it became apparent that she was not a "coachable victim." Tony Buzbee Denies Jay-Z Lawyer's Accusations Buzbee denied these allegations Tuesday in a lengthy statement to Newsweek. "This allegation is patently ridiculous. If someone calls our intake group and has a viable case that we believe has merit and we can pursue we will pursue it. We are currently pursuing hundreds of cases against individuals and entities other than PDiddy. What we won't do is pursue a case that we don't believe has merit." "Without telling me the woman's name I can't speak specifically to what she told the intake folks to even tell you what this woman claimed if and when she called. I can tell you we haven't "dropped" any person like this. We don't pressure people nor do we need to. What we have done is reject potential cases from people we find to not be credible." He continued, "Understand we get a lot of prank calls. And we get a lot of calls from people who claim they are aggrieved but we just can't help them. We certainly don't need to "pressure" anyone to pursue a case. We have plenty of cases. What we can't and won't do is pursue a case we perceive to be weak or insupportable." "I'm growing weary of responding to this kind of trash. Jay Z's team is desperate and seemingly out of control. Their investigators have recently been caught on tape offering current clients of our firm one thousand dollars to sue our firm. This conduct is reprehensible and illegal. There will be consequences coming soon," Buzbee concluded. This latest filing comes as Jay-Z denied any wrongdoing after a Jane Doe accused him of raping her at a VMAs afterparty in 2000 while Combs and another celebrity watched. The accuser originally filed the suit against Combs in October but refiled it on Sunday to name Jay-Z. In court documents filed Monday, Spiro asked the judge to require Doe to identify herself using her real name or dismiss the case. In a statement released through his Roc Nation social media account and representative Jana Fleishman, Carter called the lawsuit a "blackmail attempt" and criticized Buzbee directly. "My lawyer received a blackmail attempt, called a demand letter, from a 'lawyer' named Tony Buzbee. What he had calculated was the nature of these allegations and the public scrutiny would make me want to settle," Carter stated. "I have no idea how you have come to be such a deplorable human Mr. Buzbee, but I promise you I have seen your kind many times over. My heart and support goes out to true victims in the world, who have to watch how their life story is dressed in costume for profitability by this ambulance chaser in a cheap suit." In response to the statement, Buzbee told Newsweek , "Mr. Carter previously denied being the one who sued me and my firm. He even filed his frivolous case under a pseudonym. What he fails to say in his recent statement is my firm sent his lawyer a demand letter on behalf of an alleged victim and that victim never demanded a penny from him. Instead, she only sought a confidential mediation." Buzbee added, "Since I sent the letter on her behalf, Mr. Carter has not only sued me, but he has tried to bully and harass me and this plaintiff. His conduct has had the opposite impact. She is emboldened. I'm very proud of her resolve. As far as the allegations in the complaint filed today, we will let the filing speak for itself and will litigate the facts in court, not in the media." Do you have a story Newsweek should be covering? Do you have any questions about this story? Contact LiveNews@newsweek.com
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